Khmer Nouns
Welcome to the third Khmer lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Khmer to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes ដំឡូង |
tomatoes ប៉េងប៉ោះ |
onions ខ្ទឹមបារាំង |
carrots ការ៉ុត |
fruits ផ្លែឈើ |
apples ផ្លែប៉ម |
bananas ចេក |
oranges ក្រូច |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Khmer |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] តើអ្នកមានទឹកដោះគោទេ? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] ខ្ញុំមានទឹកដោះគោនិងកាហ្វេ |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] គាត់មានផ្លែប៉មបី |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] នាងមានផ្លែប៉មតែមួយគត់ |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] យើងរស់នៅក្នុងផ្ទះតូចមួយ |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តអាហារពេលព្រឹករបស់យើង |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread នុំប័ង |
milk ទឹកដោះគោ |
butter ប័រ |
cheese ប្រហុកបារាំង |
coffee កាហ្វេ |
sandwich សង់វិច |
meat សាច់ |
chicken សាច់មាន់ |
fish សាចត្រី |
breakfast អាហារពេលព្រឹក |
lunch អាហារថ្ងៃត្រង់ |
dinner អាហារពេលល្ងាច |
Conversation in Khmer
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Khmer |
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Do you speak (English/ Khmer)? តើអ្នកនិយាយភាសាអង់គ្លេស/ខ្មែរទេ? |
Just a little គ្រាន់តែបន្តិចបន្តួច |
I like Khmer ខ្មុំចូលចិត្តខ្មែរ |
Can I practice with you? តើខ្មុំអាចសាល្បងជាមួយអ្នកបានទេ? |
How old are you? តើអ្នកមានអាយុប៉ុន្មានហើយ? |
I'm thirty three years old តើអ្នកមានអាយុប៉ុន្មានហើយ? |
It was nice talking to you វាជាការប្រសើរណាស់ដែលបានជជែកជាមួយអ្នក |
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Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |